After about 2 weeks of blissful beach-holiday delight, I am back in my own kitchen and back in front of my keyboard. And it feels good! I suppose this holiday …
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Vegetables, salads and soups
Quick and smooth butter bean soup
To make a great soup, you need to start with great home-made stock. You also need time, because the ingredients need to get comfortable with each other in the pot, …
Moroccan chicken soup with couscous
One of Mariah Carey’s new babies is called “Moroccan.” Not Morocco, Moroccan. Strange but true. It makes me pull a face that I hope will never be photographed. This Moroccan …
Roman gnocchi
As mentioned before on this blog, I love gnocchi: light, fluffy, potato dumplings smothered in my favourite gorgonzola sauce. But a few days ago I discovered a new culinary gem: …
Beetroot salad with cumin
I hated beetroot when I was younger – despised it as a kid, but hated it right up untill I was in my mid twenties. My mother always dished up …
Baked vegetables with a gruyere and parsley crumb
An adaptable, flavourful vegetable side dish, baked with a crispy herbed gruyere crumb. Inspired by fellow blogger Sam Linsell’s “brinjal & courgette bake with a garlic & parmesan crumb” on “Drizzle & Dip”.
Split pea soup with smoked pork hocks
With the African summer sun starting to fade, autumn comfort food is taking center stage in my kitchen. My split pea soup with smoked pork hocks is a seriously simple, …
I love “pampoentert” (pumpkin tart)
I love pumpkin fritters. In Afrikaans we call it “pampoenkoekies”: those little round yellow pan-fried bundles of joy topped with cinnamon sugar. It just sounds much nicer in Afrikaans. It …
Watermelon “carpacchio” with gorgonzola, almonds, cucumber and crushed basil oil
I bought a massive watermelon 2 days ago, so big and heavy I could almost not pick it up. It was on special, so I just crossed my fingers hoping …